a mechanical version of earth with all of the proportionate essential elements. The project failed and the only missing element conceivable would be that of a conscious. The Gaia Hypothesis allows for this type of reasoning. If the earth were alive, then it is conceivable to hold a conscience. There are types of reasoning that the Gaia Hypothesis allows. It attempts to explain circumstances that were previously unexplainable by science. Such situations are the alien abductions. These abductions may be perceived as creations of Gaia to remind mankind of who their mother was by giving the abducted a humbling image of the Earth from an outerspace distance. The Earth would be seen as whole and as a living organism. These types of outrageous rationalizations can add to discrediting the hypothesis for many. However, there are the more solid scientific arguments as stated previously and there are other scientists who have thought of the Gaia Hypothesis in another sense. "James Hutton (1726-1729), who is the father of geology, once described the Earth as a kind of superorganism." (Oceans p. 1). Also, "A Russian Scientist, Vladimir Vernadsky, introduced the concept of the biosphere. He recognized matter as ‘living', life as a geological force, and the atmosphere as an extension of life." (Charlton p. 3). Some scientists may argue that the Gaia Hypothesis is not scientific because it could not be tested. In response to this, Lovelock produced the Daisyworld model. This model is computer generated and consists of two colored daisies, black and white. First, there is an abundance of black daisies that absorb the sun's heat. The abundance of black daisies symbolize an abundance of phytoplankton n the Earth. Then, as time proceeds the Earth containing the daisies becomes warmer and the daisies become white to repel the heat. At this point, the black daisies have retreated to the poles where it is cooler and the white on...
